Long-term variations of the storm climate over NW Europe

Global Atmosphere and Ocean System

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-120

  Alexandersson, Hans ^a   Schmith, Torben ^b   Iden, Knut ^c   Tuomenvirta, Heikki ^d  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate variation; Geostrophic wind; NAO index; Storm climate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; STORM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE;

EID: 0032313620     PISSN: 10236732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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